US Billboard Charts (18/04/2009)

by **tada** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:04 pm

so Keith Urban is after all No.1

+ Taylor back to Top 10

by **thebigham** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:07 pm

Billboard.com:

Keith Urban takes the top spot on the Billboard 200 for the first time.

April 08, 2009

by Keith Caulfield, L.A.

Keith Urban celebrates his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 as his Capitol Nashville set "Defying Gravity" arrives with 171,000. The country star had previously gone as high as No. 3 twice, with "Be Here" in 2004 and "Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing" in 2006. On Top Country Albums, "Gravity" is his third chart-topper.

Meanwhile, Prince's Target-exclusive "LotusFlow3r" (NPG) album arrives close behind at No. 2 with 168,000, giving the artist his 14th top 10 set. The triple-disc indie effort carries an economical $11.98 price tag and includes an album from Prince protege Bria Valente. Prince's 2003 set "Musicology" started at No. 3 with 191,000; 2006's "3121" began at No. 1 with 183,000 and 2007's "Planet Earth" entered at No. 3 with 96,000.

Diana Krall returns with "Quiet Nights" (Verve), entering the Billboard 200 at a career-high No. 3 while garnering her ninth No. 1 on Top Jazz Albums (104,000). It's also her best debut sales week since "The Girl In the Other Room" entered with 144,000 in 2004. Since then, she's peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard 200 with the seasonal set "Christmas Songs" in 2005, the studio album "From This Moment On" (No. 7 in 2006) and the hits package "The Very Best of Diana Krall" (No. 19 in 2007).

UGK nets its second top 10 album as "UGK 4 Life" (UGK/Jive) bows at No. 6 with 77,000. It's the first release from the hip-hop duo since one-half of the pair, Pimp C, died in late 2007. The act's last album, the double-disc "Underground Kingz," bowed at No. 1 a few months earlier in 2007 with 160,000.

While he may have the year's top selling digital song with "Right Round" (2.4 million sold and counting), Flo Rida's sophomore album, "R.O.O.T.S." (Poe Boy/Atlantic), starts with a much smaller number -- 55,000 -- at No. 8 on the Billboard 200. "Right Round," the lead single from "R.O.O.T.S.," topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for six weeks and holds for a second week at No. 1 on the Mainstream Top 40 radio airplay chart. Flo Rida's first album, "Mail On Sunday," started at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with 86,000 on the chart dated April 5, 2008.

Last week's No. 1, the "Now 30" compilation (UMe), slips to No. 4 with 87,000 (down 40%), the "Hannah Montana: the Movie" soundtrack (Walt Disney) slides from No. 2 to No. 5 with 87,000 (down 38%), the "Twilight" soundtrack (Summit/Chop Shop/Atlantic) moves down four notches to No. 7 with 73,000 (down 28%), Lady GaGa's "The Fame" (Streamline/KonLive/Cherrytree/Interscope) shifts 51,000 with a 13% gain but moves down two slots to No. 9 while Taylor Swift's "Fearless" (Big Machine) rounds out the top 10 at No. 10, up two slots (42,000; up 5%).

Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending April 5) totaled 7.11 million units, up 5% compared to the sum last week (6.77 million) and down 11% compared to the same sales week of 2008 (7.99 million). Year to date album sales stand at 97.5 million, down 13.3% compared to the same total at this point last year (112.5 million).

Me LastFM · by **AutomaticBR** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:14 pm

great that Keith is #1!

as i said before, i'm not a fan of neither Prince or Keith, and i know people get nervous here when someone says "this or that artist DESERVE the top spot", but hey - Keith never had a #1 album while Prince had 3, so i think it's more interesting that he did than Prince

by **Driftwood** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:18 pm

Thahks, lostprohet!
My prediction for Hot 100 Top 20:
1. BOOM BOOM POW
2. POKER FACE
3. RIGHT ROUND
4. TELL'EM
5. BLAME IT
6. DEAD AND GONE
7. GIVES YOU HELL
8. DAY 'N' NITE
9. YOU FOUND ME
10. CLIMB
11. JUST DANCE
12. MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU
13. LOVE SEX MAGIC
14. LOVE STORY
15. TURNIN ME ON
16. I LOVE COLLEGE
17. MAD
18. HOW DO YOU SLEEP?
19. HALO
20. HEARTLESS

by **greek_boy** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:20 pm

P!nk, Pussycat Dolls 8-)

by **Marshall** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:20 pm

1) Fantastic BEP - only 3k less than Flo Rida's Low

I predicted around 450k and it is

2) Congratulations for GaGa - is it the best PF's sale in one week?
3) Not good Flo Rida's debut on BB200. Only 55k... :-?

by **carlo_thebest** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:21 pm

Driftwood wrote:Thahks, lostprohet!
My prediction for Hot 100 Top 20:
1. BOOM BOOM POW
2. POKER FACE
3. RIGHT ROUND
4. TELL'EM
5. BLAME IT
6. DEAD AND GONE
7. GIVES YOU HELL
8. DAY 'N' NITE
9. YOU FOUND ME
10. CLIMB
11. JUST DANCE
12. MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU
13. LOVE SEX MAGIC
14. LOVE STORY
15. TURNIN ME ON
16. I LOVE COLLEGE
17. MAD
18. HOW DO YOU SLEEP?
19. HALO
20. HEARTLESS

How do you sleep won't be ahead of Halo...

by **Vanacoring** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:35 pm

What difference between HDD and Billboard this week...

by **Driftwood** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:37 pm

carlo_thebest wrote:
Driftwood wrote:18. HOW DO YOU SLEEP?
19. HALO
20. HEARTLESS
How do you sleep won't be ahead of Halo...

My mistake :oops:

Somehow I switched audiences of Jesse McCartney and Jason Mraz :lol:

Thanks for correction 8-)

So
18. HALO
19. HEARTLESS
20. SOBER

by **sgbritfan** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:49 pm

carlo_thebest wrote:
So
18. HALO
19. HEARTLESS
20. SOBER

Sober not likely to stay in top 20, downloads dropped by around 20 points, airplay in negative bullets too

by **Vanacoring** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:49 pm

Marshall wrote:1) Fantastic BEP - only 3k less than Flo Rida's Low I predicted around 450k and it is
2) Congratulations for GaGa - is it the best PF's sale in one week?

The result of the BEP is purely amazing. Of course, the predictions was around 500-550k, but 460k is great !

And yes, I believe it's the best week ever for "Poker Face" ! 8-)

by **specialist** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:53 pm

Congrats to Keith Urban for his first no.1 album and major kudos to Prince for scoring his 14th top 10 album

by **sgbritfan** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 3:55 pm

Vanacoring wrote:
Marshall wrote:1) Fantastic BEP - only 3k less than Flo Rida's Low I predicted around 450k and it is
2) Congratulations for GaGa - is it the best PF's sale in one week?
The result of the BEP is purely amazing. Of course, the predictions was around 500-550k, but 460k is great ! And yes, I believe it's the best week ever for "Poker Face" !

PF performance at AI could have been the reason behind it, already 2M woots

by **Driftwood** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:00 pm

sgbritfan wrote:Sober not likely to stay in top 20, downloads dropped by around 20 points, airplay in negative bullets too

Well it`s gonna be close race between Sober 103.049 (60.219+42.830), I`m Yors 103.731 (58.431+45.300) and If U Seek Amy

103.801 (37.944+65.857), but Sober #9 in streaming, so I put it in front, don`t call me hater for that :lol:

by **Vanacoring** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:11 pm

sgbritfan wrote:
Vanacoring wrote:
Marshall wrote:1) Fantastic BEP - only 3k less than Flo Rida's Low I predicted around 450k and it is
2) Congratulations for GaGa - is it the best PF's sale in one week?
The result of the BEP is purely amazing. Of course, the predictions was around 500-550k, but 460k is great ! And yes, I believe it's the best week ever for "Poker Face" !
PF performance at AI could have been the reason behind it, already 2M woots

Yes, it's true. Now, I want Oprah for a 300k week ! :wink:

by **sgbritfan** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:12 pm

Driftwood wrote:
sgbritfan wrote:Sober not likely to stay in top 20, downloads dropped by around 20 points, airplay in negative bullets too
Well it`s gonna be close race between Sober 103.049 (60.219+42.830), I`m Yors 103.731 (58.431+45.300) and If U Seek Amy 103.801 (37.944+65.857), but Sober #9 in streaming, so I put it in front, don`t call me hater for that

haha we're cool here, no probs, like you prediction pretty much too

by **feardesire** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:20 pm

I thought "Where Is The Love" was BEP biggest hit everywhere

RE 166 BLACK EYED PEAS LET'S GET IT STARTED 8928 50 5945 1947882
RE 188 BLACK EYED PEAS WHERE IS THE LOVE 8264 60 5156 954200

by **Vanacoring** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:30 pm

feardesire wrote:I thought "Where Is The Love" was BEP biggest hit everywhere

Soon, it will be "Boom Boom Pow" no ? :wink:

by **Marshall** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:41 pm

sgbritfan wrote:
Vanacoring wrote:
Marshall wrote:1) Fantastic BEP - only 3k less than Flo Rida's Low I predicted around 450k and it is
2) Congratulations for GaGa - is it the best PF's sale in one week?
The result of the BEP is purely amazing. Of course, the predictions was around 500-550k, but 460k is great ! And yes, I believe it's the best week ever for "Poker Face" !
PF performance at AI could have been the reason behind it, already 2M woots

Now, GaGa's sale is less, but I think next week Poker Face will have more than 200k - maybe next record, only if it will be strong to the end of week.

by **Marshall** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:46 pm

Vanacoring wrote:
feardesire wrote:I thought "Where Is The Love" was BEP biggest hit everywhere
Soon, it will be "Boom Boom Pow" no ?

Where Is The Love has around 6,3m points on United World Chart, while Don't Phunk With My Heart has 6,1m.

And look at Shut Up. It was not released as a single in U.S, but the peak positions around the world are great:

#1 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Spain, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Sweden and Switzerland.

by **carlo_thebest** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:49 pm

When was the Pop 100 first compiled?? Because I was looking to some 2003 songs and I can't find any pop 100 or pop 100 airplay chart

by **Marshall** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:51 pm

Vanacoring wrote:
sgbritfan wrote:
Vanacoring wrote:
Marshall wrote:1) Fantastic BEP - only 3k less than Flo Rida's Low I predicted around 450k and it is
2) Congratulations for GaGa - is it the best PF's sale in one week?
The result of the BEP is purely amazing. Of course, the predictions was around 500-550k, but 460k is great ! And yes, I believe it's the best week ever for "Poker Face" !
PF performance at AI could have been the reason behind it, already 2M woots
Yes, it's true. Now, I want Oprah for a 300k week !

Oprah?! Oh, GaGa is crazy!!! 8-)

She is everywhere - fantastic promotion!!!

by **sbk** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:59 pm

carlo_thebest wrote:When was the Pop 100 first compiled?? Because I was looking to some 2003 songs and I can't find any pop 100 or pop 100 airplay chart

February 2005

by **carlo_thebest** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:02 pm

sbk wrote:
carlo_thebest wrote:When was the Pop 100 first compiled?? Because I was looking to some 2003 songs and I can't find any pop 100 or pop 100 airplay chart
February 2005

Thanks...So before 2005 the only pop chart was the mainstream top 40?

by **sbk** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:08 pm

carlo_thebest wrote:
sbk wrote:
carlo_thebest wrote:When was the Pop 100 first compiled?? Because I was looking to some 2003 songs and I can't find any pop 100 or pop 100 airplay chart
February 2005
Thanks...So before 2005 the only pop chart was the mainstream top 40?

Idk, but didn't the BB Hot 100 pretty much use the formula of the Pop 100 before they changed it towards a more multi-format chart? (and creating the Pop 100 as a 'compensation' for those who preferred the more pop oriented chart)